Isaiah:33

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* Woe to you who plunder , though you have not been plundered ; And you who deal treacherously , though they have not dealt treacherously with you ! When you cease plundering , You will be plundered ; When you make an end of dealing treacherously , They will deal treacherously with you . * O LORD , be gracious to us ; We have waited for You . Be their arm every morning , Our salvation also in the time of trouble . * At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee ; When You lift Yourself up , the nations shall be scattered ; * And Your plunder shall be gathered Like the gathering of the caterpillar ; As the running to and fro of locusts , He shall run upon them . * The LORD is exalted , for He dwells on high ; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness . * Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times , And the strength of salvation ; The fear of the LORD is His treasure . * Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside , The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly . * The highways lie waste , The traveling man ceases . He has broken the covenant , He has despised the cities , He regards no man . * The earth mourns and languishes , Lebanon is shamed and shriveled ; Sharon is like a wilderness , And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits . * "Now I will rise ," says the LORD ; "Now I will be exalted , Now I will lift Myself up . * You shall conceive chaff , You shall bring forth stubble ; Your breath , as fire , shall devour you . * And the people shall be like the burnings of lime ; Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire . * Hear , you who are afar off , what I have done ; And you who are near , acknowledge My might ." * The sinners in Zion are afraid ; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites : "Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire ? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings ?" * He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly , He who despises the gain of oppressions , Who gestures with his hands , refusing bribes , Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed , And shuts his eyes from seeing evil : * He will dwell on high ; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks ; Bread will be given him , His water will be sure . * Your eyes will see the King in His beauty ; They will see the land that is very far off . * Your heart will meditate on terror : "Where is the scribe ? Where is he who weighs ? Where is he who counts the towers ?" * You will not see a fierce people , A people of obscure speech , beyond perception , Of a stammering tongue that you cannot understand . * Look upon Zion , the city of our appointed feasts ; Your eyes will see Jerusalem , a quiet home , A tabernacle that will not be taken down ; Not one of its stakes will ever be removed , Nor will any of its cords be broken . * But there the majestic LORD will be for us A place of broad rivers and streams , In which no galley with oars will sail , Nor majestic ships pass by * (For the LORD is our Judge , The LORD is our Lawgiver , The LORD is our King ; He will save us ); * Your tackle is loosed , They could not strengthen their mast , They could not spread the sail . Then the prey of great plunder is divided ; The lame take the prey . * And the inhabitant will not say , "I am sick "; The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity .

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